How do I Upgrade the Python Installation in Windows 10

At the end of this short tutorial you will learn how to upgrade the Python installation in Windows 10 using two methods.

In the first method we will be using the “pip” package manager. pip is a package manager for Python packages, or modules. If you have Python version 3.4 or later, PIP is included by default.

We get to upgrade the Python installation in Windows 10. To do this first, open the command prompt or PowerShell and run the following command to upgrade pip:

>python -m pip install --upgrade pip

You can now can use pip to upgrade Python by running the following command:

>pip install --upgrade python

This will upgrade the version of Python that is associated with the pip executable on your system. In many cases this may not be the version of Python that is used by default in the command prompt or PowerShell. You can have several Python versions on a single system.

If you want to upgrade the default version of Python, you will need to download the latest version of Python from the official website here and run the installer.

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